The latest movie in our ongoing Dezeen x MINI Living series features floor tiles developed by London-based startup Pavegen to produce kinetic energy when stepped on. More about Pavegen's floor tiles could power future cities with footsteps
Germany's first self-driving public bus has made its maiden journey on the roads of a rural town in Bavaria, taking locals from the train station to the town centre. More about Germany's first driverless bus takes to the roads
Bureau SLA and Overtreders W used only borrowed or recycled materials to create this Dutch Design Week pavilion, which was the venue for Dezeen's Good Design for a Bad World talk series. More about People's Pavilion "has almost no ecological footprint" say designers
Dutch Invertuals has invited 45 of the designers it has worked with over the past nine years to exhibit more than 800 objects from their archives for a show at Dutch Design Week. More about Dutch Invertuals exhibits designers' archives to show process behind products
This new building added to a school in the English town of Beaconsfield by London architecture office DSDHA flanks a tree-lined playground and is clad in waney-edged timber to give it a natural appearance. More about School extension by DSDHA features rough-edged timber cladding and outdoor learning spaces
Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to surround its extension to the Norton Museum of Art in Florida's West Palm Beach with a subtropical garden, to provide "outdoor galleries" for sculptures. More about Foster reveals botanic sculpture garden for Florida's Norton Museum of Art
Swiss designers Julie Richoz and Nicolas Le Moigne have used their residency at Casa Wabi in Mexico to produce a series of woven lighting and furniture pieces with the help of local artisans. More about Swiss designers collaborate with Mexican palm weavers to create screens and lights
The signature stripes of artist Daniel Buren cover the curved walls of this timber-framed house by architect Davide Macullo, which functions as a piece of public art in a picturesque Swiss valley. More about Green and pink stripes add colour to curved walls of house in Switzerland
Online retail giant Amazon has launched a service that lets its delivery staff drop off packages inside a customer's home while they are out. More about Amazon Key allows strangers to open your front door
This week's Dezeen Mail includes David Adjaye and Ron Arad's winning design for the UK's National Holocaust Memorial in London and an opinion piece raising questions about sexism in architecture following the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
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Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Roxanne Brennen has created a range of dining tools designed to encourage a way of eating that she claims helps to trigger the same brain activity as sexual foreplay. More about Dining Toys tableware turns eating into a sensual activity
Hexagonal pods interlock like honeycomb to form the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre, built by Zaha Hadid Architects in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh. More about Zaha Hadid Architects reveals honeycomb-like oil research centre in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia has officially recognised a humanoid robot as a citizen, marking the first time in history that an AI device has been awarded such status. More about Saudi Arabia becomes first country to grant citizenship to a robot
Dutch Design Week is in full swing, so we're showcasing some of the most exciting job opportunities in the Netherlands on Dezeen Jobs, including positions with MVRDV and Mecanoo. More about Six of the best architecture jobs available in the Netherlands
In this exclusive movie Dezeen filmed for Samsung at London Design Festival, the brand explains how its new Yves Behar-designed television aims to make discovering and collecting art more accessible. More about Samsung's The Frame television "makes buying art as common as downloading a TV show"
To celebrate 100 years since women won the right to vote in the UK, the London Transport Museum has opened a major exhibition showcasing posters created by female graphic designers, illustrators and artists. More about London Transport Museum pays homage to female poster designers from the last century
Dutch designer Rudy van Belkom has envisioned a radical new electoral system that would allow voters to pick and choose policies from different political parties. More about Democracy needs a redesign, says Rudy van Belkom
Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, the site of the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six adults, has been rebuilt by architects Svigals + Partners to incorporate the latest anti-terror measures. More about New Sandy Hook school is designed to "prevent unwanted intrusions of any kind"
The Bass museum of contemporary art is reopening in Miami Beach, following a renovation that saw architects David Gauld and Arata Isozaki amend an extension they designed for the building 16 years ago. More about Arata Isozaki and David Gauld complete renovation of Miami Beach art museum The Bass
Media mogul Barry Diller is making a last-ditch effort to build Thomas Heatherwick's "treasure island" park on the Hudson River, despite abandoning the plans last month. More about Barry Diller launches "one last attempt" to revive Heatherwick's Pier 55 for New York